Crocidura shantungensis

G. S. Miller, 1901

Shantung White-toothed Shrew

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Crocidurinae
Genus : Crocidura

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1901-08-09. Descriptions of three new Asiatic shrews. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 14:157-159.

Original name as described

Crocidura shantungensis

Other common names

Asian Lesser White-toothed Shrew · Shantung Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:86151

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Chimeh, Shantung [= Shandong], northern China."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Mongolia · China · Taiwan · North Korea · South Korea · Japan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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